Yankee Clipper Contest Club General Meeting February 7

Yankee Clipper Contest Club General Meeting February 7, 2015 1: 00 to 4: 30 PM Holiday Inn Enfield, CT

Agenda • Call to Order • Secretary's Report - NJ 1 F • Treasurer's Report -N 8 RA • Announcements • CQWW Scores - W 2 JU • Game Design & Contesting - N 2 BA • Break/Buy Raffle Tickets! • New Members • Break Out – Two Groups: • Design the YCCC Contest – W 1 UE • On-Boarding for New Hams - N 2 BA • Adjourn

Secretary’s Report Brian Szewczyk, NJ 1 F, Secretary

Meeting Minutes -Recent Minutes Published in Scuttlebut

Did you in the past year • Get a New Call? • Move to a New QTH? • Change Email address? • Please send an email at Secretary@YCCC. org with updated information

Treasurer’s Report From : December 1, 2014 To : January 31, 2015 Chet Slabinski, N 8 RA, Treasurer

Treasury: Dec 1 thru Jan 31, 2015 $ 9, 234 Treasury balance $9, 118 (Jan 31) (Nov 30) Dues paid $810 Other income (badges) $ 3 TOTAL INCOME $813 Donation to WWROF $500 Donation to N 1 MM Logger $100 Club Newsletter $242 Holiday Meeting Buffet $ 87 TOTAL EXPENSES $929

Scholarship Raffle K 3 -100 kit SCHOLARSHIP Ticket sales at December meeting: $1075 Balance Feb 1: $1075 $25/ticket

Vote to Approve Reports

Unfinished Business - None New Business?

Announcements Winter Contest University LIDXA/YCCC Meeting

The YCCC 2015 Winter Contest University Date: Tuesday February 10 th, 2015 Time: 6: 00 -9: 30 pm Location: ARRL Headquarters 225 Main St. Newington, CT This will be the ONLY Contest University held this winter. This will also be a Local Meeting; New Members may apply for membership and join YCCC at this time. Newbie or Barnacleencrusted, come one, come all and join us for a great evening of contest discussion! We will gather for dinner around 5 pm: Yanni's Pizza Restaraunt 296 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 see http: //www. yannispizzarestaurant. com/

2015 NYC-LI YCCC Area Meeting A New York City - Long Island YCCC meeting Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015, at 8 PM (postponed from Feb 17) Town of Oyster Bay-Ice Skating Center, Community Room 1 in Bethpage. Sponsored by Long Island DX Association (LIDXA). Meeting Agenda: Short LIDXA meeting Introductions 2015 YCCC raffle tickets (Bob W 2 OSR won a K 3 last year)! Presentation: TBA, moderated by Tom KA 2 D, LIDXA member and YCCC NYC/LI Area Manager YCCC and LIDXA dues can be collected New Membership info and applications for LIDXA and YCCC Check out LIDXA web goto: http: //www. qsl. net/lidxa/ YCCC web goto: http: //www. yccc. org

Scores Update Alec W 2 JU, YCCC Scorekeeper

CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED) YCCC FRC SSB 228, 274, 294 212, 430, 841 CW 284, 276, 282 345, 019, 904 TOTAL 573, 294, 198 YCCC ahead by 15% (12 points worse than 2013) 496, 707, 123

ARRL DX 2014 YCCC CW FRC 190, 495, 374140, 728, 254 35% SSB 119, 056, 050133, 821, 876 -11% TOTAL 309, 551, 424 274, 550, 130 13%

THANKS!

Game Design for Contesters Brooke Allen, N 2 BA

K 5 ZD K 1 DG 99% of all contests are Drag Races!!

“YCCC seems to have become bored with winning the DX contests each year”. -Randy, K 5 ZD, YCCC reflector Mon Jan 5 14: 23: 16 EST 2015

From Gamification online course by Kevin Werbach

WFWL!! Work first and question later – and whatever you do, don’t be QRM!

Game Design for Contesters “Pay attention, because nothing less than the future of our hobby is at stake. I do not mean just contesting; I mean all of ham radio. You will save this thing we love. Or you won’t — in which case it will die. Let me explain”. Brooke Allen, N 2 BA

Break – Buy Your Raffle Tickets!!! 15 minutes Prize: Elecraft K 3/100 Kit ! Tickets are $25 per chance!! Tickets ONLY sold at meetings!!!

New Members • Application to Brian, NJ 1 F • Dues to Chet, N 8 RA • Introduce yourself • Interests, Contest activity, Rig, Antennas Motion to Accept these new members?

Choose your working group: Gamification/Onboarding for New Hams – N 2 BA Design the YCCC Contest - W 1 UE

Adjourn – Kick Butt in ARRL DX!! See you at the April Meeting!! April 12, 2015 Sturbridge, MA